It seems to me that paying someone to attempt to rehabilitate a criminal can be just as cheap as trying to punish them. Now, I think that sometimes rehabilitation and retribution can be all one big package. For instance, in the case of white collar crime, making white collar criminals learn and practice a manufacturing skill would be punishment, but also be a way of teaching many white collar criminals what it means to work for a living. (Yes, I'm prejudiced.)
You radical librarian you. ;)
And making that white-collar worker see what the people on the line go through wouldn't hurt, either. Good idea.
Prevention comes in many cases where the criminal sees it as punishment-- for instance, laws that say that someone with a domestic-abuse record can't own a gun.
Molly Ivins once suggested promoting knives over guns for several reasons: 1. The odds of being killed in a drive-by knifing are minimal. 2. Ricochets while cleaning not an issue. 3. We'd all get more exercise chasing down our targets.
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Re: random thoughts
Date: 2008-04-23 02:30 pm (UTC)You radical librarian you. ;)
And making that white-collar worker see what the people on the line go through wouldn't hurt, either. Good idea.
Prevention comes in many cases where the criminal sees it as punishment-- for instance, laws that say that someone with a domestic-abuse record can't own a gun.
Molly Ivins once suggested promoting knives over guns for several reasons:
1. The odds of being killed in a drive-by knifing are minimal.
2. Ricochets while cleaning not an issue.
3. We'd all get more exercise chasing down our targets.